by Cassandra Pattinson, Kalina Rossa and Simon Smith, The Conversation Getting a good night’s sleep can be difficult at the best of times. But it can be even harder when you’re anxious or have something on your mind—a global pandemic, for example. Right now though, getting a good night’s sleepcould be more important than ever....
Turkey’s health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. “From this morning we have brought a special drug used in China which is claimed to have resulted in improvements in intensive care patients, cutting their time in care from 11-12 days to...
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is believed to primarily pass from person to person through respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces, so properly used face masks can act as a barrier to help prevent its spread. One major problem: Masks, along with other protective gear, are in short supply. That includes cloth and thin surgical masks...
AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY In a new study, researchers found that half of the patients they treated for mild COVID-19 infection still had coronavirus for up to eight days after symptoms disappeared. The research letter was published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Time Kinetics of Viral...
By Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN Despite the coronavirus infection numbers skyrocketing, there is still good news. A team of scientists found that the novel coronavirus is not mutating significantly, suggesting any vaccine developed to fight SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) would remain effective in the long term. A team of scientists from...
by Issam Ahmed Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine(CQ), related compounds that are synthetic forms of quinine, which comes from cinchona trees and has been used for centuries to treat malaria. Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine(CQ), related compounds that are synthetic forms...
by Stacey Burling When she was 33, Eileen Rubin learned firsthand what it’s like to have acute respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS, a life-threatening condition she had never heard of. It’s about to become more widely known. ARDS is one of the most severe complications caused by the new coronavirus, and early estimates show it...
by William Petri, The Conversation As the nation adjusts to the threat of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, it’s only natural to worry whether a cough or aches and pains could be signs you have become infected by the virus. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine and immunologist at the University of...
by Durland Fish, Ph.D, Yale University I am a retired infectious disease epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health and am concerned about the lack of information on what individuals can do to help prevent coronavirus infection. At age 75, I am at high risk for acquiring influenza virus and my partner, also in...
by NYU Tandon School of Engineering Unreliable tips on how to protect oneself from the novel coronavirus and fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic are spreading as quickly as the virus itself. The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering has collaborated with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)...
